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Seven Things You Will Learn In This Week's Issue Of PR News

1. Ombudsmen are an oft-overlooked channel of access for conveying a message or defending a point.

2. 22% of surveyed hiring managers use social networking sites to research job candidates.

3. The world's fastest talker can speak at a rate of 10 words per second.

4. There are numerous online resources for calculating your organization's ecological footprint.

5. Before meeting with a potential publicly traded client, run a media search and review their filings with the SEC to get information.

6. Political speeches are about emotion; business speeches are about intellect.

7. 19% of surveyed Internet users have downloaded a podcast.